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NORTHERN MAYORS' ASSOCIATION <br /> <br /> ~985 <br /> - . . ~r~,o.,ze~ . <br /> <br />' October 22, 1987 <br /> <br />Dear Northern Mayors' Association Member: <br /> <br />The Northern Mayors' Association Metro Resorts Task Force is developing a <br />list of possible sites for a Twin Cities' Metro Resort. As a result, we <br />'are soliciting site proposals (one site per city) from member cities that <br />meet the site criteria listed below. <br /> <br />PRO3EC~ DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />A Twin Cities' Metro Resort would be a hotel/motel meeting center that <br />combines resort amenities with first-class meeting space and easy access to <br />downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul as well as Twin Cities' International <br />Airport. Currently there is no such facility in the Twin Cities <br />metropolitan area. <br /> <br />Businesses, therefore, cannot have meetings in a resort setting without <br />traveling at least two hours nortb~ They can meet in either downtown, but <br />if participants want to play golf or fish, at least two hours of travel <br />time must be added. In addition, families that want to get away for a <br />weekend can stay at a hotel downtown or on the 1-494 strip, but there is <br />limited indoor recreation (pool and video games) and no outdoor activities. <br /> <br />A first-class resort that combines a health club, cinema, bowling alley, <br />bank, municipal building, shopping center, et~, would help the northern <br />suburbs become more. attractive for corporate campuses and upscale <br />retailing. It would serve as the anchor for new office develoi~nent and a <br />new business image for the region. <br /> <br />Metropolitan resorts are rare. The Four Seasons Hotels Ltd. (Canada) has <br />developed such facilities in Toronto, Houston, and London. The Toronto Inn <br />on the Park has almost 600 rooms. It is about 15 minutes from downtown and <br />30 minutes from the airport. It is adjacent to a regional park and garden. <br />Metropolitan resorts have also been developed by the Marriott and Radisson <br />hotel corporations. Marriott's resort in Lincolnwood, (a first-class <br />suburb of Chicago) includes a dinner theater and golf course. Radisson has <br />recently opened a beach front facility near Los Angeles which includes a <br />nine-hole golf course. <br /> <br />-- A COALITION ADVOCATING BALANCED METROPOLITAN GROWTH -- <br /> <br /> <br />